Identification bracelet

Abstract

An identification bracelet includes a wristband securable to a wearer. The wristband includes a plurality of openings for receiving a locking rivet and one or more openings for receiving one or more color-coded pins, a housing attached to the wristband, the housing having a pair of lugs with a slit, each lug extending from each side of the housing and adapted to receive the corresponding ends of the wristband inserted into the corresponding slits. The housing comprises a snap-on cover with at least a portion of the cover being transparent, a base, and a waterproof gasket insertable into the base. The snap-on cover is configured to be snapped on the base thereby creating a hermetically sealed waterproof structure. The housing also includes an information tag insertable into the housing and visible through the transparent portion of the housing.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A wearable identification bracelet comprising:
 a wristband securable to a wearer, the wristband having a plurality of openings for receiving a locking rivet and one or more openings for receiving one or more color-coded pins; 
 a housing attached to the wristband; wherein the housing comprises a snap-on cover with at least a portion of the snap-on cover being transparent, a base, and a waterproof gasket insertable into the base; wherein the snap-on cover having a pair of lugs with a slit, each lug extending from each side of the snap-on cover and adapted to receive the corresponding ends of the wristband inserted into the corresponding slits; wherein the snap-on cover detachably coupled to the base is configured to be snapped on the base thereby creating a hermetically sealed waterproof structure; and 
 an information tag insertable into the housing and visible through the transparent portion of the housing; wherein the color of one or more color-coded pins corresponds to an alert or a medical condition of the bracelet; wearer wherein the one or more color-coded pins terminate in a round head at each end of the pin. 
 
     
     
       2. The bracelet of  claim 1 , wherein the information tag is a label having a bar code. 
     
     
       3. The bracelet of  claim 2 , wherein the label comprises printed information about the wearer of the bracelet selected from the group consisting of personal, medical, emergency information, or combination thereof. 
     
     
       4. The bracelet of  claim 1 , further comprising an RFID tag. 
     
     
       5. The bracelet of  claim 4 , further comprising a separation pad adapted to separate the information tag from the RFID tag. 
     
     
       6. The bracelet of  claim 4 , wherein the RFID tag comprises personal, medical, emergency, or combination thereof information about the wearer of the bracelet. 
     
     
       7. The bracelet of  claim 6 , wherein the emergency information comprises evacuation of residents in accordance with transportation assistance levels (TALS) guidance. 
     
     
       8. The bracelet of  claim 1 , further comprising an NFC chip. 
     
     
       9. The bracelet of  claim 8 , further comprising a separation pad adapted to separate an information tag from the NFC chip. 
     
     
       10. The bracelet of  claim 8 , wherein the NFC chip comprises personal, medical, emergency, or combination thereof information about the wearer of the bracelet. 
     
     
       11. The bracelet of  claim 10 , wherein the emergency information comprises evacuation of residents in accordance with transpiration assistance levels (TALS) guidance. 
     
     
       12. The bracelet of  claim 1 , wherein the information tag comprises an RFID tag, or an NFC chip, or both. 
     
     
       13. The bracelet of  claim 1 , wherein the locking rivet comprises a male component adapted to be inserted into a female component for securing the band around a wrist of a wearer. 
     
     
       14. The bracelet of  claim 1 , wherein the information tag is water-resistant or water proof. 
     
     
       15. The bracelet of  claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more openings for receiving the one or more color-coded pins includes a recessed area such that the round head of each color-coded pin is partially submerged into a corresponding opening of the one or more openings. 
     
     
       16. A method of assembling a wearable identification bracelet, comprising:
 printing a label with a bar code comprising information about a user; 
 inserting a waterproof gasket into a base of a housing; 
 inserting the printed label into the base of the housing; 
 detachably snapping a snap-on cover having at least a portion of the cover being transparent onto the base of the housing thereby creating a hermetically sealed waterproof structure; wherein the snap-on cover having a pair of lugs with a slit, each lug extending from each side of the snap-on cover and adapted to receive the corresponding ends of a wristband inserted into the corresponding slits; wherein the printed label is visible through the transparent portion of the snap-on cover; 
 inserting one or more color-coded pins terminating in a round head at each end of the pin into one or more corresponding openings in the wristband; 
 releasably attaching the wristband to the housing; and 
 securing the wristband around a wrist of a user with a locking rivet. 
 
     
     
       17. The method of  claim 16  further comprising inserting an RFID or NFC chip or both into the base. 
     
     
       18. The method of  claim 17  further comprising inserting a separation pad between the label and the RFID or the NFC chip. 
     
     
       19. A kit comprising:
 a wristband securable to a wearer, the wristband having a plurality of openings for receiving a locking rivet and one or more openings for receiving one or more color-coded pins terminating in a round head at each end of the pin; 
 a housing releasably attached to the wristband; wherein the housing comprises a snap-on cover with at least a portion of the cover being transparent, a base, and a waterproof gasket insertable into the base; wherein the snap-on cover having a pair of lugs with a slit, each lug extending from each side of the snap-on cover and adapted to receive the corresponding ends of the wristband inserted into the corresponding slits; wherein the snap-on cover detachably coupled to the base is configured to be snapped on the base thereby creating a hermetically sealed waterproof structure; and 
 an information tag, wherein the information tag is configured to be printed with information about a wearer of the identification bracelet; and is visible through the transparent portion of the snap-on cover. 
 
     
     
       20. The kit of  claim 19 , wherein the information tag further comprising a bar code. 
     
     
       21. The kit of  claim 19 , further comprising an RFID tag or an NFC chip.